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Cody Garbrandt says he was dealing with a case of vertigo during his fight with former flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 300.

Kicking off the landmark night of fights, ‘No Love’ returned to the Octagon a winner in back-to-back bouts. Standing in the way of a third-straight win was Figueiredo, who was making just his second appearance at 135 pounds. In the early going, Garbrandt looked fluid on his feet, but once he went to the mat, Figueiredo promptly took over and submitted the former bantamweight titleholder with a rear-naked choke in the second round.

On Tuesday, Garbrandt took to social media to reveal that he began feeling dizzy during the fight, an issue he has been dealing with for over a decade.

“I felt great in my fight until I started to experience vertigo,” Garbrandt wrote in a message on X. “I couldn’t control the spinning once it was to the ground. Hats off to Deiveson and his camp! I ended up going to the hospital where I was still experiencing the vertigo, throwing up until 4 a.m.

“I’ll get this corrected. I’ve dealt with vertigo since 2012. Thank you to the fans that came out to support. It wasn’t my night, but I love doing what I do. I’ll be back in there before the year is up.”

Cody Garbrandt fell to 9-6 under the UFC banner and 2-3 in his last five.

As for Deiveson Figueiredo, the former flyweight staple moved up two spots to No. 6 in the bantamweight rankings. That likely puts ‘Deus da Guerra’ one big win away from a shot at reigning titleholder ‘Sugar’ Sean O’Malley.

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Michael Chandler has opened up as a potential future opponent for Max Holloway’s BMF title after stating his interest on social media.

The former Bellator lightweight champion has been nothing short of thrilling since making the switch over to the UFC. Though he still has undisputed title aspirations, Chandler is the epitome of what the ‘Baddest Motherf*****’ belt stands for and wants his chance to prove that.

During a recent Q&A, Michael Chandler inserted his name into the hat to one day compete against Max Holloway for his BMF throne.

“Would I fight Max for the BMF belt? Absolutely,” Chandler told fans on Instagram. “I think it’s no coincidence now that he and I are ranked closely together in the 155 division.”

“I think Max is a real one. Max embodies the BMF. Max created the most ‘Holy sh**’ moment, the most BMF moment we have ever seen. I would love the opportunity [to fight him] down the line. Obviously, I’ve got business to take care of in 74 days.”

After months of speculation, Michael Chandler finally gets his wish and will be the man to welcome Conor McGregor back into the octagon. ‘The Notorious’ is labeling it ‘the greatest comeback in sporting history’ but Chandler intends to spoil any triumphant return with a huge performance at UFC 303 on June 29.

Related: Conor McGregor faces Michael Chandler in UFC 303 main event on June 29th

“If you guys noticed in the lightweight rankings, myself and Max Holloway in the lightweight rankings, we sure are close. There’s definitely a lot of people out there who have shared the same sentiment as I have, that I am one of the baddest dudes on the planet. I embody the BMF moniker.”

“Obviously I am focused on Conor [on] June 29 – I would love to smash Conor. I would love to fight Islam [Makhachev] or [Dustin] Poirier or [Arman] Tsarukyan. I guess not [Justin] Gaethje. Maybe not now. But whoever’s got the belt at lightweight, or I would love to fight Holloway or whoever has the BMF belt.”

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Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia can’t wait for Saturday it appears.

After some intense trash talk between the two boxing stars Tuesday, Haney shoved Garcia during their staredown Tuesday afternoon at the Empire State building in New York City.

Haney and Garcia will clash on pay-per-view Saturday night on DAZN and PPV.com.

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Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal will face off on for the second time ahead of their boxing match on this summer.

Diaz and Masvidal will fight each other in a 10-round boxing match at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif., in an event co-promoted by Fanmio and the fighters’ own promotions, Diaz’s Real Fight Inc. and Masvidal’s Gamebred Boxing Promotions. In advance of their showdown, the two fighters are giving it the full court promotional press, including a multi-stop press conference tour. The first of these press conferences took place on Friday in Las Vegas, and the second will take place on Tuesday at Palladium Times Squre in New York City.

Diaz and Masvidal first fought at UFC 244 in 2019, with Masvidal winning by doctor’s stoppage after the third round due to a cut on Diaz. Diaz campaigned for a rematch but it never happened and then he left the UFC in 2022. Masvidal, meanwhile, retired from MMA last year but is still under contract with the UFC and received a special exemption to be allowed to pursue this boxing match.

Also on the card, former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis takes on Diaz teammate Chris Avila, and both men are also expected to be in attendance for the presser.

The press conference is expected to begin Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. ET.

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Chael Sonnen was one-half of one of the all-time greatest mixed martial arts (MMA) rivalries.

“The American Gangster” emerged as the top Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight contender at the perfect time when he challenged the dominant reigning champion, Anderson Silva, at UFC 117 in August 2010. Silva had successfully accrued six title defenses ahead of the Sonnen encounter, running so low on viable challengers that he would take non-title tilts at Light Heavyweight. It didn’t help that Silva’s previous two defenses were all-time stinker unanimous decisions over fellow Brazilians, Thales Leites and Demian Maia.

UFC 117 had all the makings of an era-changing event as Sonnen got the world highly intrigued in the match up with his confidence and dominant performances. On fight night, it was more of the same as he pitched a shutout against the divisional kingpin, breaking strike records along the way. That was until the historic comeback victory was pulled off by Silva via a triangle choke in round five. The fight will now join UFC’s Hall of Fame, as announced at UFC 300 this past weekend (April 13, 2024).

“I gotta tell you, I’ve never felt good about a loss,” Sonnen said of his Hall of Fame induction on Good Guy / Bad Guy. “Nothing’s changed in my life. Like, I didn’t wake up and all of a sudden they reversed the decision, or I wake up, and I got a rematch and I beat him. I got some praise, and I must tell you it feels very good to get a pat on the back.

“I mean, one of the worst moments,” he continued. “One that’s kept me up at night is now the one that keeps me up from excitement. I lost, and that’s a little bit weird, but here I am.”

Silva and Sonnen did end up rematching when they fought at UFC 148 two years later. Still one of the biggest events of all time, Sonnen started the fight off similarly to how the first fight majorly looked, taking down and dominating “The Spider.” Unfortunately for Sonnen, an ill-fated spinning back fist attempt spelled the end in round two when he missed and was finished by strikes directly after.

Sonnen, 47, fought for another seven years after the Silva rivalry concluded. When the first Silva fight was announced as an upcoming inductee, Sonnen was completely caught off guard.

“I’ve got to tell you, that thing was so fun,” Sonnen said. “I never really envisioned this and Glenn Jacobs helped us set up. I had no idea until that came out of Jon Anik’s mouth. Even when he said it he didn’t say my name, he said ‘The Bad Guy,’ and I sat there, and I thought, ‘Well, they used to call me the bad guy.’ I had one of those moments.

“It was just fun, man,” he concluded. “It was just exciting… It was very cool, and I was very grateful.”

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The full card for the UFC Vegas 92 event headlined by featherweights Edson Barboza and Lerone Murphy has now been confirmed.

The event takes place on May 18 at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, with Barboza facing Murphy in a five-round main event matchup. Barboza is currently the No. 12-ranked featherweight in the UFC rankings and coming off a unanimous decision win over Sodiq Yusuff last October. Murphy has not competed since winning a unanimous decision over Joshua Culibao in July.

The co-main event features a three-round flyweight scrap between The Ultimate Fighter 24 winner Tim Elliott undefeated prospect Tatsuro Taira. Elliott is currently the No. 9-ranked flyweight in the UFC and most recently competed in December when he submitted Su Mudaerji at UFC Vegas 83. Taira also competed that night, stopping Carlos Hernandez with punches.

Adrian Yanez also makes his return to the cage to face Vinicius Salvador in a bantamweight bout, unbeaten light heavyweight Oumar Sy makes his promotional debut against Rodolfo Bellator, and former Fight Night headliner Abus Magomedov returns against longtime veteran Warlley Alves in a middleweight affair. On top of that, top-15 strawweight Angela Hill faces top-10 strawweight Luana Pinheiro in a pivotal bout at 115 pounds.

The full card announced for UFC Vegas 92 on May 18 can be seen below, with bout order still to be determined.

MAIN EVENT: Edson Barboza vs. Lerone Murphy

Tim Elliott vs. Tatsuro Taira

Adrian Yanez vs. Vinicius Salvador

Oumar Sy vs. Rodolfo Bellato

Themba Gorimbo vs. Ramiz Brahimaj

Abus Magomedov vs. Warlley Alves

Luana Pinheiro vs. Angela Hill

Vanessa Demopoulos vs. Emily Ducote

Hailey Cowan vs. Tamires Vidal

Piera Rodriguez vs. Ariane Carnelossi

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Max Holloway’s epic knockout of Justin Gaethje just keeps getting better.

On Saturday, Holloway claimed the “BMF” title with one of the greatest knockouts you will ever see, finishing Justin Gaethje in the final seconds of UFC 300. Despite being moments away from winning a clear decision, when the 10-second clapper rang out, Holloway pointed to the center of the cage and invited a brawl with Gaethje. “The Highlight” obliged and after a flurry of furious brawling, Holloway slept Gaethje with a nasty right hook, cementing himself in UFC history forever.

The highlight was so good that the UFC even promoted it on its various media accounts, something the company rarely does for Pay-Per-View fights, and on Tuesday it released possibly the best one yet: a slow-motion view of the epic knockout.

Holloway is now the third man to hold the BMF title after Gaethje and inaugural champion Jorge Masvidal, and he may add more gold to his collection soon. Following his win, the former UFC featherweight champion called for a shot against newly minted featherweight champion Ilia Topuria, who seems open to the matchup.

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